 | | Humour, in fact, is the result of a playfully affectionate contemplation of life, and only a serious man can be contemplative. |
| —Humour in the British Isles |
| Andrew Lang |
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| The World’s Wit and Humor |
An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of all Ages and Nations
In Fifteen Volumes |
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| Edited by Lionel Strachey, et al. |
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| Weighted toward American and English authors, the more than 1000 selections from some 500 sources span all epochs and genres, with 361 poems—and topical essays. |
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| CONTENTS |
| Bibliographic Record A Word from the Publishers Index to Authors Index to Verse |
NEW YORK: THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY, 1906
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2013 |
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